House-carpenter&#39;s tool.



.PATBNTBD MAY 17, 19.04.

H. PLANTE. HOUSE GARPBNTERS T001..

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 17, 1903. N0 MODEL.

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Patented May 17, 1904.

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HENRY PLAN'IE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOUSE-CARPENTERS TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,245, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed June 1'7, 1903.

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Be it known that I, HENRY PLAN'rn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and. State of New York, have invented a new and Improved House-Carpenters Tool, of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement on my prior patent for a gag'e granted February 23, 1886, No. 336,742;

The object of the present invention is to enlarge the capacity of the gage illustrated in my previous patent so as torender the improved tool capable of use in a great number of operations necessary in house-carpentryfor example, in the planing of door-jambs to enable the doors to iit properly, the measurement and cutting out of panels to be inserted into the door, and otherparts of the houseittings and in the use of bead-planes generally, all of which functions are in addition to those embodied in the gage as above disclosed.

This speciiication is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference .is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an inverted plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view illustrating the use of the panelcutting attachment.

The body A of the gage is provided with the slide B and the tube K, both before employed.

B' indicates a spring-finger for exerting a frictional tension on the slide B, and B2 indicates a set-screw for adjusting this pressure.

a indicates a tube formed, preferably, of steel and litted transversely in the body A, as a indicates a set-screw for ad justably holding the tube ct in place. Said tube a is formed with a curved notch a2, passing transversely therethrough immediately adjacent to its end and forming two knifeedges at opposite sides of the tube, enabling it to cut away the wood or other material at Serial No. 161,823. (No model.)

a corner therein and form the bead, as indicated in Fig. 3. As shown best in Fig. 1, the tube has a slot a formed therein and extending outward from the slot a2 to the end of the tube, this latter slotforming opposite cutting edges, enabling the end of the tubeto cut down into the work, as illustrated. By means of this device the tool may be readily employed as a bead-plane, and this will be a great advantage to carpenters, since the operation of beading is very commonly resorted to in house-fitting.

The tool is formed with a longitudinallyextending groove A7 in one of its corners. this groove being in the form of a large rabbct, so as to receive the corner of the jalnb of the door, as indicated in Fig. 2, and to allow the face A3 to bear against the jamb. This face A3 is formed with two notches A4 thereon, and in said notches are held the planingknives which are securely adjusted by means of screws c, all of which will be understood from the drawings. These knives are disposed oppositely to each other, so that in .reciprocating the tools over the work the knives will alternately be active and also so as to enable the extremities of the jamb both at the top and bottom of the dooi` to be reached by the knives during the planing' operation. In this connection it should be understood that the doorstep and the top of the doorframe will prevent the plane from being moved completely over the extremities of the jamb; but this difficulty is minimized by providing' the two knives opposi tel y disposed and located, respectively, adjacent to the ends of the tool.

Fig. 4 shows the application of the panelcutting attachment. In this instance the slide B of Figs. 1 and 2 is removed and a long slide or arm d is used in its stead, this arm having at its outer end a knife e. The arm d is adjusted on the tool so as to place the knife c in the desired position, and then by drawing the blade c along the veneer of which the panel is formed the panel may be properly cut. If

necessary, the panel may be reversed and the incision made with the blade e on both sides, these incisions meeting to form the complete cut in the veneer.

In view of my prior patent the use and ad- IOO having a transverse cut extending through the walls of the tube and a longitudinal slot extending from the cut-out to the end of the tube to form a beading-plane.

2. A carpentcrs tool, comprising a body having an opening therein, and a tube adjustably mounted in said opening, the tube having a transversely-extending cut in the walls thereof and a longitudinal slot extending from the cut-out to the end of the tube, forming a beading-plane, for the purpose speciiied.

3. A carpenters tool, comprising a body having a planing-surface thereon, a planingknife juxtaposed to said body, and a tube adjustably mounted in the body and having a transversely-extending cut therein forming a beading-plane.

4. A carpenters tool, comprising a body having a planing-surface thereon, two oppositely-disposed planing-knives juxtaposed to said surface and located respectively adjacent to the ends thereof, and an adjustable tube mounted in the body and having a transverse cut therein forming a beading-plane.

5. A carpenters tool, comprising a body having a longitudinally-extending groove in one of its corners, a planing-blade mounted on the body and' lying with its edge coincident to one of the side walls of said groove, the body also having a transverse groove therein, a slide adjustably mounted in said groove and having a marking device thereon, means for adjustably holding the slide, the body also having an opening extending therethrough, a tube fitted in said opening and open throughout its ends, the tube having a transverse cut extending through its walls at one end portion, and a longitudinal slot extending from the cut-out to the end of the tube, and means for removably holding the tube in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY PLANTE.

Witnesses:

JNO. M. RITTER, H. T. BERNHARD. 

